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Bookmark or Share- Gun Violence - Amnesty InternationalOverview. Gun violence is a daily scourge that threatens our most fundamental right: the right to life. More than 600 people die every day as a result of firearms violence, which is driven in part by easy access to firearms – whether legal or illegal.
- National Gun Violence MemorialAmericans killed with guns Real people, not just statistics. 131,154 gun violence victims and counting. Click a victim to learn more.
- What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.The record 48,830 total gun deaths in 2021 reflect a 23% increase since 2019, before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Gun murders, in particular, have climbed sharply during the pandemic, increasing 45% between 2019 and 2021, while the number of gun suicides rose 10% during that span.
- Mass shootings and gun violence in the United States are increasingIn the United States, gun violence incidents are on the rise. In 2021, nearly 21,000 people were killed by firearms (not including suicides), according to the Gun Violence Archive, an online...
- Key facts about Americans and guns | Pew Research CenterGuns are deeply ingrained in American society and the nation’s political debates. The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms, and about a third of U.S. adults say they personally own a gun.
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